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Working with Young People
Promoting Wellbeing Training Project
The Project
This initiative provided training for those working with vulnerable teenagers in a variety of settings and contexts. The overall aim was to increase the competence and confidence of staff working with vulnerable young people by improving their knowledge and skills. There is particular emphasis on the emotional wellbeing of vulnerable young people.
The project originally began with three-year funding from the Department of Health, and continued for five more years until Young People in Focus closed.
The courses were delivered as open events in London and Manchester, or on a tailor-made basis for individual organisations.
Course content was mapped to relevant national occupational standards and some programmes also involved post-course assessment that resulted in accredited units or qualifications in work with young people.
Although Young People in Focus has closed, some of these programmes remain available via independent trainers. The Training and Development section of the website provides full details.
The Course topics include:
- Abuse and neglect in young people
- Adolescent development
- Adversity and trauma
- Anxiety and depression in young people
- Communication
- Counselling skills for non-counsellors
- Promoting Wellbeing - developing positive self esteem in young people
- Foster care – promoting positive relationships
- Group work skills for working with parents and young people
- Supporting Young People with Mental Health Problems
- Professional boundaries
- Risky behaviour
- Supported housing
- Self-harm
- Suicide prevention
- Transition from primary to secondary school
- Working with Vulnerable Young People
- Supporting Young Fathers
- Supporting Young Parents
Who was the training for?
The courses were designed for workers from a wide range of settings including: social workers, counsellors, youth workers, Connexions staff, personal advisors, foster carers, professional assistants, residential staff, teachers, school support staff, heath promotion workers, school nurses, youth offending teams, the prison service as well as a range of voluntary organisations.
May 2011